Step One: Determine the number of kids at the party. Order the cake based on that number. Remember to add a few extra numbers for little sisters and brothers. No kid likes to see other kids chowing down on something sweet without being included. I would come up with a number.

Let’s say you expect 10 kids for the party add extras for the parents/siblings. In this case I would order 24 cupcakes for the party.

I purchased this cupcake cake at Kroger’s for $19.99 (Wal-Mart had the same designs as Kroger’s). I think cupcake cakes are the best darn invention since straws. At my son’s party, all I had to do was hand each child a over frosted cupcake. No knives or bowls of water needed.

I do think that I would have gotten a better deal at Sam’s Club for a cupcake cake (around 14 bucks) but Sam’s Club designs are limited. Yes, I can make a mean cake but do I want to be stressed out? Yep, I would have saved close to $16 but I think my time is more valuable than the bucks required for that store bought cake.

What do you prefer cupcakes or cakes or one of those big ole cookies?

My son told me that the best things about his party were the moonwalk, his friends attending and that fabulous pinata I purchased from a Latin mercado/meat market/taco stand store on North Fry Road (which I will tell the location as soon as I drive that way because they had unique pinatas plus they were cheaper than WallyMart).

Of course, let me mention the 4-in1 combo moonwalk again because it totally rocked. The delivery people dropped it off at 10:30 a.m. and returned to pick it up around 7:00 p.m. which was the right amount of time because all the kids were too pooped to jump anymore.